A musical about Gwyneth Paltrow’s high-profile ski crash is headed to London this December.
In March, the Oscar-winning actress won the civil lawsuit, brought by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson who alleged that she caused him lasting injuries after the two collided on the slopes at the Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah in 2016.
Ms Paltrow was cleared of all fault by a jury and awarded damages of one US dollar – the amount for which she had counterclaimed.
Jurors voted unanimously to find Mr Sanderson “100 per cent at fault” for the collision, which had left Ms Paltrow sore and unable to continue skiing for the day.
At the time, the two-week televised trial captured the attention of millions, sparking hilarious social commentary and many memed moments, none more so when the star whispered to Mr Sanderson “I wish you well” after she won.
Now dramatising the trial for stage, Gwyneth Goes Skiing will run from 13 through 23 December at the Pleasance Theatre’s Main House Cabaret.
The 90-minute show from Awkward Productions sees Linus Karp as Paltrow and Joseph Martin as Sanderson with original music from songwriter and RuPaul’s Drag Race producer Leland.
The production company describes it as “A story of love, betrayal, skiing, and (somehow) Christmas – where you are the jury!”
While the show’s synopsis reads: “She’s the Goop-founding, Door-Sliding, Shakespeare-In-Loving, consciously-uncoupling Hollywood superstar. He’s a retired Optometrist from Utah.
“In 2016, they went skiing. On the slopes of Deer Valley, their worlds collided, and so did they – literally. Ouch.
“Seven years later in 2023, they went to court. Double ouch. This is their story. Kind of. Not really. But also, it’s at Christmas.”
Last month, the Shakespeare in Love star opened up about the court case for the first time, calling the episode “pretty weird”.
“I don’t know that I’ve even processed it. It was something I felt like I survived,” she told the New York Times.
“Sometimes in my life it takes me a long time to look back and process something and understand something.”
